Padmanava College Of Engineering - PCE

Padmanava College of Engineering (PCE) proffers courses such as B. Tech in Information Technology, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. PCE was set up in the year 1999 by the Padmanava Educational Trust on the auspicious Birthday of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. The trust is a non-profit making organization with the sole aim of development of Education in Orissa. The College, situated in the heart of the Steel City, Rourkela, Sector -4, yet away from the jostle bustle of the city life with its campus along with the famous Indira Gandhi Park, lying within the bracket formed by the Ring Road in the eastern side and the road that goes beside the STPI in the western side. The lush green trees and the serene atmosphere provide a fitting ambience for academic pursuits where learning really means to evolve. The College has received due recognition from Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela to work with it. The Govt. Of Orissa has given its due recognition and concurrence to the institute. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the apex governing body of all the technical education institutes in the country, has given its due approval to the college. The creation of the trust was to perpetuate the memory of their late father Sri Padmanava Patnaik who himself was a great philanthropist in his lifetime and was ready to help the cause of education.

Placement Score of an Institute is a major index that projects the image of the Institution to the outside world. With this end in view, the College has formed a separate ‘ Department of Training & Placement’ headed by a senior Professor who has retired from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.The institute has an active Training & Placement Cell which facilitates summer internships, workshops, seminars, industrial visits, career counseling, soft skills training, pre-placement talks and placement assistance to the students.